Example sentences of "give he [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ How can I understand it , how can I understand it ? ’ he went on and on accusingly , as though scientists are to blame for not inventing a magic serum that would give him instant knowledge .
2 We 'll give him seventy-five milligrams of pethidine , get the shots and go from there . ’
3 The American was clever , he 'd give him that .
4 ‘ We do n't always see eye to eye , ’ Marler reflected , blowing smoke circles , ‘ Newman and I. But he 's had a tough time , I 'll give him that . ’
5 Which marks for the last test give a final average of fourteen marks for So the one test is gon na give him that is n't it ?
6 She would not give him that pleasure , she thought savagely .
7 I could give him that every night .
8 It is a large sum of money and it is especially favourable to Maidenhead and not to his constituents , I will give him that .
9 And I think if if people like Thomson can sort of give him that sort of service he 's going to make life awfully difficult for the Forest de central defence .
10 He was pleasant about it , I 'll give him that .
11 He was appalling to both sides at least you can give him that .
12 if I can give him that one .
13 But she would n't give him that satisfaction .
14 and what 's , Richard 's been , did you give him that duster ?
15 so if you wanted to go see if you change William 's thing to the colour I want and if they had , he said he thought the shirt that the guy got with it matched it better than the smaller check , so do you wan na give him that check shirt that I bought him ?
16 I 'm not gon na give him that , I 'm gon na give you half .
17 The good thing about having the machines on the vehicle are that we can give him that electric shock as opposed to taking him to the hospital to have that electric shock .
18 He half hoped she would give him one of them by mistake so that he could make a scene , but she did n't .
19 ‘ You did n't even give him one of those fancy cookies just now , ’ she added in an aggrieved tone .
20 " I 'll give him one more chance , " said Mr Gubb .
21 I 'll give him one more opening , he thought .
22 It would simply give him one more weapon to use against her .
23 Her own heart was in such a state of turmoil that she could n't possibly give him one more piece of advice .
24 I begin to think that Mike Gatting may have lost it , but the Second Test is at Lord 's , his home ground and I would give him one more chance .
25 Err , let's give him one pound , no , thirty pound .
26 I 'll give him I 'll give him one of mine .
27 And why should you give him all your money for doing something "
28 Chamberlain told MacDonald that , in such circumstances , the financial crash would come before Parliament met , and it was therefore his duty to avoid it ; for which purpose the Conservatives ( and Samuel endorsed this for the Liberals ) would give him all their support in the present government or in a " reconstructed " government .
29 Swimming was one thing , going for a drink was something else entirely , and would probably give him all sorts of ideas .
30 I do n't think he has that many visitors and I feel we should give him all the support we can . ’
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